Climate First, not Fossil First
SCAN! First Public Event
SCAN! held its first public event in Toronto, using street theatre to highlight the urgency for A People First Climate...
Joint Statement to the Federal Party Leaders
SCAN! joins seniors’ climate action groups in a joint statement to the federal party leaders. View full statement...
Full 2021 Platform
View our full 2021 Platform, to see how SCAN! plans to put Climate First. Read Full Platform Here.
A Just Transition
People-Centred Just Transition: Federal Government ConsultationHere is SCAN!’s submission to the federal government...
SCAN!’s Kingston member in the news
One of SCAN!'s Kingston member in the newsRead Full Article Here
SCAN! Briefing Note
SCAN! Briefing Note on the recently released Liberal Platform - Have the Liberals Really Shifted Their Approach to Oil...
The Climate has no border
Canada’s climate plan is a recipe for failure (read 'Breakdown of Our Position' below). We need a new plan that puts...
Breakdown of Our Position
The federal government formula is:
- Carbon Pricing + Hydrogen + CCUS+ Nuclear = Paris 2030 and beyond. That policy is a Recipe for Failure.
If we are to have any hope of stemming the looming crisis we have to adopt a different policy.
A Climate First Policy is:
- Fossil Fuel Phase-out + Hard caps + Clean Renewables + Electrification = Paris 2030 and System Change. This policy is a Recipe for Hope.
SCAN! Campaign Resources
- SCAN! Report: The Liberal Climate Action Formula; A Recipe for Failure
This short overview highlights some of the main conclusions of the more in-depth SCAN! Report’ The Liberal Climate Action Formula: A recipe for Failure.
View Overview - SCAN! Report: The Liberal Climate Action Formula; A Recipe for Failure
A detailed critique of the federal government’s climate plan and why it will fail to achieve Canada’s Paris target emission reduction commitments.
Read Full Report - SCAN! Presentation “Canada’s Climate Action Plan: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”
A slide deck of a PowerPoint presentation that summarizes the government’s ‘Fossil First’ climate action formula and the need for a ‘Climate First’ approach.
Slideshow from March 2021
Latest Developments
- SCAN! Report: The Liberal Climate Action Formula; A Recipe for Failure
An article that discusses the recent round of climate ambition poker the Trudeau government is playing when it should be developing a new climate plan for Canada. - Time to End the Liberal Government Fossil First climate plan
On April 22 Prime Minister Trudeau announced that Canada would achieve a 45% reduction in GHG emission by 2030. This briefing note provides background to the announcement and suggests that the government is not serious in its efforts. - Budget 2021 Briefing Note
On April 19 the federal government tabled its 2021 Budget. This note provides a brief review of some of the climate action developments in the budget.
Media Links
- One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain – National Observer
Barry Saxifrage digs into data from Canada’s latest National Inventory Report (NIR), to create a series of charts that illustrate what’s happening in Canada’s managed forest, and what that means for our climate emergency and logging industry. ‘Checking the boxes’ in Federal Climate Plan won’t deliver on Canada’s Paris targets warn researchers – Energy Mix
This article by Mitchell Beer provides an overview of the SCAN report which he describes as a “blistering attack” on the government’s climate plan.On the environment Trudeau Liberals offer a recipe for failure – Rabble.ca
An article by Kathleen O’Hara that provides some highlights from the SCAN report.Webinar video – Time4Action
A link to the webinar presentation that David Robertson and Terry Moore did with Time 4 Action on The Liberal Climate Action Formula: A Recipe for Failure.Planet Haliburton radio interview– Canoe FM
Planet Haliburton host Terry Moore in a conversation with David Robertson about the dangers of the government’s ‘Fossil First’ climate plan.